Episode 3: The Week Founders Faced Hard Truths
This week on the CEO Medium Podcast, five stories about what success and power actually cost the people at the top. Sara Blakely, the Spanx founder, opens up about the grief and depression that hit after she sold her company. Bobby Kotick, the most controversial CEO in gaming, lands a board seat at the new Skydance entertainment giant. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng breaks his own iron rules with a $12 billion raise. Menlo Ventures writes a check for AI startup Factory days after Vinod Khosla publicly torched its CEO. And OpenAI's longtime safety report lead David Robinson walks out, saying…
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